Jaydon
Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaden are unisex given names.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jaydon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaden are unisex given names.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
Etymology
The Story of Jaydon
Jaydon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 707 births, good for #414 nationwide. About 59% of every Jaydon on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaydon ranks #2,464 for baby boys with 56 births, falling sharply (-47%). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaydon
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About the name Jaydon
Jaydon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Jaydon's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #414. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaydon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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